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' R. :D. HUNTLEY.

MAATGH SAFE.

Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROLLIN' D. HUNTLEY, OF HAVANA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF To JAMES T. BENNETT, OF SAME PLACE.

MATCH-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,538, dated September 19, 1882.

Application filed June l4, 1882. (No model.)

loall whom it may concern a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Havana, in the county of Schuyler and State 5 of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MatclrSat'es, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention is an improved luminous matchsat'e, constructerhas fully described hereinaf- 1o ter, so as to indicate positively the positions both of the match-holder and of the scratcher,

; the safe being so constructed as to avoid the necessity of using glass as a covering for the luminous paint.

15 In the drawing the figure is aface view,

showing my improved match'safe.

D represents a board or panel of any suitable stifi' material and of any suitable shape, to which, near the center, is secured a holder, A, for matches, and which also Supports a roughened sheet or surface, E, upon which the matches may be struck.

Heretofore in the luminous match safes placed upon the market the match-holder has been secured to or in front of the luminous portion of the safe, which has necessarily been made heavy and covered with a sheet of glass to protect the paint in handling the device.

Such safes have also served to'indicate the position of the match holder, but not of the scratcher, so that the wall is liable to be in- Be it known that I, RoLLIN D. HUNTLEY,

jured by having the matches struck thereon.

I avoid these difficulties by placing the matchholder in the centerof the panel, and by coating the surfaces B B around this holder with 5 the luminous paint, thereby indicating the posion of the holder without bringing the luminous portions close thereto; and-I also coat the surfaces a surrounding the scratcher with luminous paint, thereby indicating the posi- 0 tion of the scratcher in relation to the matchsafe. By these means I avoid all liability of bringing the hands in contact with the paint in handling the matches, and am therefore able to dispense with the glass covering, and 5 I' prevent all chance of striking the matches against the wall by mistake.

I claim- A luminous match safe provided with a central match-holder, A, and ,scratcher E, and 5c coated with luminous paint at parts surrounding the scratcher and match-holder, as set forth.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub- 5 scribing witnesses.

1 I ROLLIN D. HUNTLEY.

Witnesses:

J ..T. BENNETT.

WM. B. EsTABRooK. 

